A Movie Magic Romance In his neighborhood, El Martin stands out, and that can be life-threatening. Against the odds, he's managed to graduate high school and then master IT. Now he's desperate to get a good job to free his drunken dad and himself from the control of gang leader M2 and the drugs he sells. But with his piercings and his slang-ridden speech, El looks and sounds like a Bronx gangbanger, and potential employers won't give him a second look. So when El hears about Henry Fairhaven, PhD, linguistics researcher and wealthy New York socialite, El takes his life in his hands to escape from M2 and ends up sleeping in the stairwell at Henry's building, hoping to learn how to speak. To Henry, who wants to prove himself as a scholar and not merely a rich dilettante, El isn't only the most beautiful man he's ever seen-he's also the key to getting a paper published on Henry's ground-breaking linguistics methods before a competitor beats him to the punch. But Henry doesn't tell El the truth, and El thinks Henry's helping him because he cares. El's dreams collide with Henry's ambitions at the elegant Met Gala, where El captivates a prince of Silicon Valley. But the real collision comes when M2 tracks El down and Henry has to choose between the validation he craves and a future with the man he's come to love.
*I received a free copy of Love and Linguistics. This has in no way influenced my review which is honest and unbiased.*
What a delight this story was! I got my linguistic geek on, I got an incredibly sweet romance, and some amazing characters! I loved all of them! Margo, El, Henry, Arabella... They were all just great. The story is about a young man from the wrong side of town, forced into a gang, but aspiring to so much more. And he is ready to walk the walk and talk the talk. Literally. Well written, with splashes of humor to counter the serious subjects, the story kept me smiling most of the time.
